Yes, now it's starting, and once this narrative continues we will soon be eating grass. Stop over guest will disappear, and we will be up s$$t creek.

"18 murders in the capital since the beginning of 2024" is a joke for where these people come from; their news normally reads "18 murders at one school since the beginning of 2024"

Matters not.....they do not depend on tourism to survive.

Some of the largest cities in the US that one might associate with high murder rates can’t compete with that of the Bahamas which last year was at 32 murders per 100,000k population.
NYC was 5.5/100,000k
Miami was 8/100,000k
Jacksonville 13.3/100,000k
Rochester 30/100,000k
Atlanta 33/100,000k
Detroit 50/100,000
The murder rate overall in the US has come down considerably since 2020.
It’s difficult with so many guns in the US, but that’s not supposed be happening here.
So one has to ask what would be the stats here if we wiped out the corruption w/police, customs inspectors, etc. and applied the law to those who profit from the importation/firearms sales?

Tribune January 17th
"*The Bahamas is not presently in danger of suffering a US travel advisory over the recent murder spike, a senior hotelier asserted yesterday, adding that it was not yet "a major concern for tourism.*" Robert Sands

My response:
"*Im waiting for the announcement anytime now. Theyve circulated advisories for far less activity*"

Chester said that our street murders will not affect our tourism product ....... Someone is lying.

BTW, what is meant by "eastern New Providence"?????

@ComradeSheepie, could the US be targeting areas most at risk ---- Anywhere's East of Parkgate Road or Blair Estates --- Yes?

Remember during the pandemic when Minnis gave that ill advised notice that COVID was in east NP? I feel the same way about this. Theres no wall between Eastern and Western NP.

They kill the children in schools, go to church they kill you go to the movie they kill you go to the supermarket they kill you go to the mall they kill you

Remember when crime was very low ---- West of Mackey Street --- To the **Collins Avenue Wall.** --- Makes the Centerville area, Nassau's first Gated-Community. ---
Yes?

You mean Perry Christies magic map? I remember when he told us he had the solution for crime, *he'd just come police headquarters and they had a map that showed where all the hotspots were*. The problem with that approach is it ignores the crime bosses. The US catches them from Ninety to Sam to Nygard. As long as the kingpins and white collar criminals remain untouched crime will never go away.

For comparisons sake, according to 2023 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, statistics, per 100,000 people Jamaica tops the list at 53. The Bahamas is 9th with 31, the United States is 55th with 6.4, and even Mexico which suffers from extreme violent crime has a lower rate than ours coming in 15th with 26.

Somehow we have got to do better. Not for our visitors because, quite frankly, they don't care but for our people.